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Make Me Smart

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Kimberly Adams
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Mar 7, 2017

Episodes 1491 - 1500 of 1503

  • Kai and Molly return to follow up on the President's address to Congress and Travis Kalanick's apology to Uber employees

  • Kai Ryssdal and Molly Wood interview Steve Huffman, the co-founder and CEO of Reddit, a social sharing platform where more than 200 million users share everything from wholesome memes to “ask me anything” sessions with newsmakers and celebrities to topics we couldn’t possibly describe. Huffman also has the “most Reddit answer” to our Make Me Smart question, and […]

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  • Why reputation matters abroad, at home and at Uber. Also, we dig into the protest economy and what that means for the yarn industry.

  • This week, the one thing the Trump administration isn't talking about, David Frum answers our Make Me Smart question, and Part 2 of how to trust government numbers

  • Young people playing 'Pokemon Go' on July 15, 2016 in Hanover, Germany.
    Alexander Koerner/Getty Images

    Kai and Molly talk with author Tim Wu about net neutrality and his new book "The Attention Merchants."

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  • People walk out of a Starbucks coffee shop January 22, 2004 in San Francisco, California. 
    Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

    An update on moral capitalism, business as an unofficial part of American checks and balances and the right to eat waffles on this mini episode.

  • Demonstrators gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court demanding President Donald Trump reverse executive orders on immigration in Washington, D.C., January 30, 2017.
    JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images

    Business as a check and balance? Kai Ryssdal and Molly Wood talk about the reaction to President Trump's executive order on immigration.

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  • U.S. President Donald Trump poses with labor leaders on January 23, 2017 in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC.
    NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images

    President Donald Trump, the TPP and so much more on our first full episode.

  • Mini Ep 3: Unlock the vault!
    Christopher Michel

    Kai and Molly share some of their favorite moments that you've never heard.

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About the show

“Make Me Smart” is a podcast about the economy, technology, society, and culture hosted by Marketplace’s Kimberly Adams. New episodes on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. In a time when the world is moving faster than ever, this podcast is where we unpack complex topics, together. Because none of us is as smart as all of us.

Before coming to Marketplace, Adams reported on the political, social and economic upheaval in Egypt following the Arab Spring. While reporting in Cairo, she received awards from the National Association of Black Journalists, the Religion Communicators Council, and the Association for Women in Communication. She was also competitively selected for the International Women’s Media Foundation “Great Lakes” Reporting fellowship to Uganda, where she reported on environmental, economic and LGBT issues.

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